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Prof. Dr. Franz Pfeiffer

Technical University of Munich

Chair of Biomedical Physics (Prof. Pfeiffer)

Postal address

Postal:
James-Franck-Str. 1
85748 Garching b. München

  • Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 10827, 12551
  • Room: 5101.EG.093
  • franz.pfeiffer(at)tum.de

  • X-ray Physics and Applications
  • Biomedical Imaging/ Computed Tomography
  • X-Ray and Neutron Optics
  • Synchrotron Instrumentation
  • Microscopy

  • 441
    Viermetz, Manuel; Gustschin, Nikolai; Schmid, Clemens; Haeusele, Jakob; von Teuffenbach, Maximilian; Meyer, Pascal; Bergner, Frank; Lasser, Tobias; Proksa, Roland; Koehler, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Franz: Dark-field computed tomography reaches the human scale. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (8), 2022, e2118799119 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 440
    Viermetz, Manuel; Gustschin, Nikolai; Schmid, Clemens; Haeusele, Jakob; Noel, Peter B.; Proksa, Roland; Loscher, Stefan; Koehler, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Franz: Technical design considerations of a human-scale Talbot-Lau interferometer for dark-field CT. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 439
    Busse, Madleen; Ferstl, Simone; Kimm, Melanie A.; Hehn, Lorenz; Steiger, Katja; Allner, Sebastian; Mueller, Mark; Drecoll, Enken; Buerkner, Toni; Dierolf, Martin; Gleich, Bernhard; Weichert, Weichert; Pfeiffer, Franz: Multi-scale investigation of human renal tissue in three dimensions. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2022, 1-10 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 438
    Viermetz, Manuel; Gustschin, Nikolai; Schmid, Clemens; Haeusele, Jakob; Gleich, Bernhard; Renger, Bernhard; Koehler, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Franz: Initial Characterization of Dark-Field CT on a Clinical Gantry. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 437
    Florian T. Gassert Rico Burkhardt Thomas Gora Daniela Pfeiffer Alexander A. Fingerle Andreas P. Sauter Daniela Schilling Ernst J. Rummeny Thomas E. Schmid Stephanie E. Combs Jan J. Wilkens Franz Pfeiffer: X-ray Dark-Field CT for Early Detection of Radiation-induced Lung Injury in a Murine Model. Radiology , 2022 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 436
    Frank, Manuela; Urban, Theresa; Willer, Konstantin; Noichl, Wolfgang; De Marco, Fabio; Schick, Rafael; Gleich, Bernhard; Schegerer, Alexander; Lechel, Ursula; Meyer, Pascal; Mohr, Juergen; Koehler, Thomas; Yaroshenko, Andre; Maack, Ingo; Pralow, Thomas; Proksa, Roland; Renger, Bernhard; Noël, Peter; Fingerle, Alexander; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Rummeny, Ernst; Herzen, Julia; Pfeiffer, Franz: Dosimetry on first clinical dark‐field chest radiography. Medical Physics, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 435
    Birnbacher, Lorenz; Braig, Eva-Maria; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Quantitative X-ray phase contrast computed tomography with grating interferometry. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 434
    Burkhardt, Rico; Gora, Thomas; Fingerle, Alexander A.; Sauter, Andreas P.; Meurer, Felix; Gassert, Florian T.; Dobiasch, Sophie; Schilling, Daniela; Feuchtinger, Annette; Walch, Axel K.; Multhoff, Gabriele; Herzen, Julia; Noël, Peter B.; Rummeny, Ernst J.; Combs, Stephanie E.; Schmid, Thomas E.; Pfeiffer, Franz; Wilkens, Jan J.: In-vivo X-ray dark-field computed tomography for the detection of radiation-induced lung damage in mice. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 20, 2021, 11-16 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 433
    Willer, Konstantin; Fingerle, Alexander A; Noichl, Wolfgang; De Marco, Fabio; Frank, Manuela; Urban, Theresa; Schick, Rafael; Gustschin, Alex; Gleich, Bernhard; Herzen, Julia; Koehler, Thomas; Yaroshenko, Andre; Pralow, Thomas; Zimmermann, Gregor S; Renger, Bernhard; Sauter, Andreas P; Pfeiffer, Daniela; Makowski, Marcus R; Rummeny, Ernst J; Grenier, Philippe A; Pfeiffer, Franz: X-ray dark-field chest imaging for detection and quantification of emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a diagnostic accuracy study. The Lancet Digital Health 3 (11), 2021, e733-e744 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • 432
    Andrejewski, Jana; De Marco, Fabio; Willer, Konstantin; Noichl, Wolfgang; Urban, Theresa; Frank, Manuela; Gustschin, Alex; Meyer, Pascal; Koehler, Thomas; Pfeiffer, Franz; Herzen, Julia: Retrieval of 3D information in X-ray dark-field imaging with a large field of view. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 2021 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

  • 10
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Honal, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M: Measurement system for noninvasive determination of properties of object, has phase contrast medium that comprises base liquid and multiple particles so that refractive index of base liquid differs with refractive index of particles. mehr… BibTeX
  • 9
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement for X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recordings of observed region, comprises phase grating, and analysis-detector system. mehr… BibTeX
  • 8
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: X-ray optical transmission grating of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and/or tomographic phase contrast recordings of subject, has at least two sub-gratings arranged in direct succession in beam direction. mehr… BibTeX
  • 7
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recording of subject, includes phase grating comprising filler material. mehr… BibTeX
  • 6
    Baumann, J; David, C; Engelhardt, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S; Schuster, M; Darfitt, C; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector arrangement of X-ray apparatus for generating projective and tomographic phase contrast recording of subject, includes X-ray optical grating comprising bars which are free from overhangs forming shadows in beam path of rays. mehr… BibTeX
  • 5
    Baumann, J; Schuster, M; Freudenberger, J; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Mertelmeier, T; Popescu, S; Engelhardt, M; David, C; Pfeiffer, F; Schardt, P; Schillinger, B; Heismann, B; Engelhart, M; Freundenberger, J: Focus-detector system on X-ray equipment for generating projective or tomographic X-ray phase-contrast exposures of an object under examination uses an anode with areas arranged in strips. mehr… BibTeX
  • 4
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Matthis, B; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: Method for manufacturing X-ray-optical lattice for X-ray dark field image and for X-ray phase contrast image, involves applying X-ray-sensitive layer with electrical conducting cover layer on base plate. mehr… BibTeX
  • 3
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: Arrangement for one of projective and tomographic phase-contrast imaging in differential phase-contrast computed tomography, scans examination object with different spatial orientations of grid lines of one-dimensional phase grid. mehr… BibTeX
  • 2
    David, C; Donath, T; Hempel, E; Hoheisel, M; Pfeiffer, F; Popescu, S: X-ray computed tomography system for generating tomographic phase contrast and dark field exposure for patient, has grid structure, where distance between grid structure and phase grid is adjusted depending on fan angle. mehr… BibTeX
  • 1
    David, C; Pfeiffer, F: X-ray interferometer for obtaining x-ray images from object, has evaluating unit evaluating intensities for each pixel in images to identify characteristic of object for each individual pixel as absorption dominated pixel. mehr… BibTeX

2017 Alfred-Breit-Prize (German Röntgen Society)
2016 ERC Advanced Grant
2011 Leibniz-Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2010 Röntgen-Prize of the University of Giessen
2009 IDEAS - Starting Grant Award of the European Research Council
2009 National Latsis Research Prize of Switzerland
2003 Dr. Eduard-Martin-Award (Ph.D.) of the University of Saarbrücken

2017 Director of the Munich School of BioEngineering, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2015 Co-Director of the Center of Advanced Laser Application, Munich (Germany)
2013 Faculty Member in Medicine, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2009 Full Professor of Physics, Chair for Biomedical Physics, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
2008 Associate Professor of Physics (tenured), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
2007 Assistant Professor of Physics (tenure-track), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
2005 – 2007 Group leader at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland)
2003 – 2005 Staff scientist at the Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland)
2003 Visiting scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA)
2000 – 2002 PhD thesis at the Center of Nanoscience (Munich, Germany), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France), and the University of Saarbrücken (Germany)
1993 – 1999 Student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)
1972 Born in Kösching (Germany)